Quote Originally Posted by Spudman
You need to do some traveling and stop in to every guitar shop you can to find the "one" that you'll be attached to for life. Anything else is a shot in the dark.

Bon voyage.:
I can't but second this plan. The guitar that speaks to you might be a Custom Shop special order or a MIM standard. Fenders vary enormously from sample to sample. More so than from model to model.